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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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1. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






2. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






3. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






4. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






5. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






6. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






7. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






8. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






9. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






10. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






11. Technique of shading using dots to control value






12. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






13. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






14. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






15. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






16. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






17. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






18. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






19. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






20. Where the revolving door was fully developed






21. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






22. Pale green






23. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






24. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






25. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






26. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






27. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






28. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






29. Something that supports a sculpture






30. Renowned for paintings and prints






31. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






32. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






33. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






34. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






35. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






36. Known for his glass sculpture






37. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






38. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






39. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






40. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






41. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






42. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






43. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






44. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






45. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






46. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






47. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






48. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






49. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






50. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil